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New Recommendations Say Labor Should Begin Naturally—When Will Medical...
A recent blog post on the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s (ACOG) website gave me such pause I had to inquire about its validity on Facebook. The language seemed like such a departure...
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Two Legal Settlements Highlight Pervasive Problem of Pregnancy Discrimination
The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today announced settlements in two cases that, when taken together, show the widespread and pervasive problem of pregnancy discrimination. The first settlement...
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High-Level Panel Takes Strong Stand for Health of Women, Girls
New recommendations by a high-level panel on population and development mark a major step forward in advancing the health of women and girls, who are widely acknowledged as the crux of global...
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When Health-Care Providers Refuse Care, Whose Rights Are at Stake?
Recently, an appeals court in Scotland ruled that a wide range of service providers have a right to object to helping with the provision of abortions, even if the care they provide is not directly...
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Ireland’s Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill: 21 Years After X,...
In the wake of the tragic and preventable death of Savita Halappanavar, Irish politicians promised that the government would “not become the seventh to ‘neglect and ignore’ the issue of the Supreme...
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Would a North Carolina Bill Ban Minors From Buying Pregnancy Tests? (UPDATED)
Update, May 8, 3:23 pm Eastern: After debate in the house Wednesday afternoon, HB 693 was referred back to committee for reworking. RH Reality Check will keep you updated on the bill’s movement....
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Respecting Beatriz’s Freedom of Conscience
See all our coverage of Beatriz here. Petition the El Salvadoran President and Supreme Court for Beatriz’s life here. Nearly one month has passed since lawyers representing Beatriz, a 22-year-old...
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Family Planning Is Key to Healthy Pregnancies and Births
In the United States, an estimated 11,300 babies die each year on the day they are born, according to a new report from Save the Children. The United States has the highest first-day death rate in the...
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Ariel Castro Could Face Murder Charges for Terminating Victim’s Pregnancies
Ariel Castro was arraigned on four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape after three women and a six-year-old girl were rescued from his dilapidated west Cleveland home. The women told police...
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Physicians Group: ‘We Absolutely Support the Right to Choose’
Cross-posted with permission from spiked. Since 1995, I have had the extraordinary experience of serving as president and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, now newly named...
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Why Is El Salvador Letting a Woman Die?
See all our coverage of Beatriz here. Petition the El Salvadoran President and Supreme Court for Beatriz’s life here. This past month, the world has been watching a 22-year-old pregnant woman in El...
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Nearly 33,000 People Call on El Salvador to Save Beatriz
His Excellency Francisco Roberto Altschul Fuentes Embassy of El Salvador 1400 16th St., NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20036 Dear Ambassador, We, and the 32,904 undersigned, write to ask that you pass...
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House 20-Week Abortion Ban Hearing a ‘Farce,’ Says Leading Democrat
A subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Thursday on a bill that would impose an unconstitutional nationwide ban on abortions after 20 weeks post-fertilization. Four witnesses sat...
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Misoprostol Is a Game-Changer for Safe Abortion and Maternal Health Care. Why...
Misoprostol: Have you heard about this small, inexpensive, and most importantly available pill that can save women’s lives? Pragmatic Brazilian women first discovered the potential of misoprostol (or...
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Is the Life and Health of a Young, Rural Woman of Any Value in El Salvador?
See all our coverage of Beatriz here. Beatriz is a 22-year-old woman from a poor, rural area of El Salvador who has the misfortune of suffering systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus), an autoimmune...
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Beatriz Case Reveals Catholic Hierarchy’s War on Women
See all our coverage of Beatriz here. For the women of the world’s more privileged nations, it is tempting to view the plight of Beatriz, the gravely ill Salvadoran woman denied a therapeutic abortion...
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Do Religious Restrictions Force Doctors to Commit Malpractice?
Cross-posted with permission from AwayPoint. Picture this: You wake up far too early one morning because your hand is intensely painful and you don’t know why. When the pain gets worse, you go to the...
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‘We Are Beatriz’: Supporting Beatriz, and All the Women Like Her Around the...
The following remarks were made by Jessica González-Rojas, executive director at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, at Tuesday’s “We Are Beatriz” vigil in Washington, D.C. I have...
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‘We Are Beatriz’: These Are Our Stories
The following remarks were made by Debra Hauser, president of Advocates for Youth, at Tuesday’s “We Are Beatriz” vigil in Washington, D.C. In 1995, at the age 35, I found myself alone, pregnant, and...
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Texas Congressman: Masturbating Fetuses Prove Need for Abortion Ban
As the House of Representatives gears up for Tuesday’s debate on HR 1797, a bill that would outlaw virtually all abortions 20 weeks post fertilization, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) argued in favor of...
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